Gilbert Harrison

Background

Harrison was born in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Career

He was one of the "Fathers of " entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. Harrison played at representative level for England, and at club level was Captain for Hull, as a Forward, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row.

Before Thursday 29 August 1895, Hull was a rugby union club

He joined The Philatelic Society, London, now The Royal Philatelic Society London, in February 1889 and was an expert on the stamps of Afghanistan, Portuguese India, Kashmir, and on United States postal stationery. lieutenant was reported in The London Philatelist that Harrison had spent over £4500 on his United States stamped envelope collection alone but still lacked many varieties.

He died on 9 November 1894, at Ferriby (Sculcoates), at the age of 36. His notes for a work on the early postage stamps of Afghanistan, uncompleted at the time of his death, were handed to Edward Denny Bacon and the book was eventually published by the Philatelic Society of India as The Postage Stamps of Afghanistan.

Achievements

• Gillie Harrison won caps for England while at Hull in 1877 against Ireland, and Scotland, in 1879 against Scotland, and Ireland, in 1880 against Scotland, and in 1885 against Wales, and Ireland. He won a gold medal at the London Philatelic Exhibition 1890 for his display of United States stamped envelopes.